Monthly newsletter - June 2025

Hello ballers,

Welcome to the June edition of my monthly newsletter. If you missed any of the previous months, you can check them out here: https://strivefootballacademy.com/blog

It’s been a little while, the last few months have been crazy busy: loads of one to ones, great football camps, Baller League, moving house… let me fill you in!

Summer Football Camps

For the first time ever we are running football camps throughout ALL SIX WEEKS of the summer holidays!

Starting on July 21st, we offer 27 days of football coaching and fun.

All details, as always, can be found at the link below.

https://strivefootballacademy.com/football-camps

Baller League

The Baller League UK season one has ended. It was a great experience, and while the M7 FC didn’t exactly perform well, I ended up with 14 goals and 4 assists - and securing the MVP of the night on Matchday 11. The rumours are that Season 2 will start around September - but no details have been finalized yet.

Football Chat

Let’s talk about the Club World Cup… it definitely has potential to be one of the best tournaments in the world, however surely there has to be some eligibility to enter? Imagine the Countries for the World Cup every four were just selected rather than having to actually qualify. The other thing that is food for thought: is it just another thing to tire players out? After a long hard season, do we want players running themselves into the ground - especially in 40 degree heat like this year? Make a few tweaks and I’m all in.

England U21’s won the Euro’s beating Germany in extra time 3-2. Harvey Elliot was probably the standout player and showed his ability to impact games in the young England side. Who is your tip to rise to the top from the U21’s?

Worth a watch

Check out my Youtube channel which has coaching videos and behind the scenes of Baller League.

https://youtu.be/LniwaJSnAv0?si=Nvf4laRJlyawd5iT

Here’s some footage of the Club World Cup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2a8hqm8F0